ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm national press club welcome to garrison keillor. [applause] garrison: thank you very much. john, you are much too kind. don't make that mistake again. you will be held to account for it. it is an honor to be here with you and such a great honor that i have gone to the lengths of writing out the speech which i never ever do. reminds me too much of being in college. 15 things that need to change right away is the revised title of my speech. [laughter] garrison: i came up with this because i was thinking about another speech i gave which was a great honor. i was invited to give the baccalaureate address at princeton university. i was up in princeton earlier this week and it all came back to me much too clearly. i wrote this speech. i thought i should say something inspiring to these young graduates, something about life is adversity, it is in struggle that we come to understand ourselves. i thought i should make it funny and so i worked on that end i had a story about the first out house tipping that i experienced in minnesota which i w

he's garrison keillor. his voice is recognized around the world.t listening in my house growing up in minnesota. later this year, he will move on after 40 years of a prairie home companion. i sat home with with my fellow minnesotan garrison keillor for life lessons and of course plenty of laughs. ♪ >> my real calling was to be a bus driver. it really was. ♪ >> comedy live from west 43rd street. >> his baritone voice is known the world over. his meandering thoughts and stories followed intently. sometimes too earnestly. >> it was december. i was in new york city. i was hired by worldwide, wide eyed and more fish than on new york menus. well, i'm from the midwest. and we are not brought up to blow our own horns. ♪ bless the writers of comedy >> after four decades, perhaps he should blow his own horn. >> we didn't use the word awesome. we were christian people and i guess still are. >> he was named the shock jock of whole someness. >> i don't know what that means. i find all of the unwholesome things, you know, had fundamental in story telling. it's w

he's garrison keillor. this is overheard. >> garrison keillor, welcome. >> thank you sir. thanks for having me here. >> an honor to have you here. >> well, it's an honor to see you, sir. >> huh? >> and an honor to meet you. >> well, it's an honor now. may not be such an honor in a few minutes but -- >> well, let's see how it goes. [laughter] >> yeah. >> i know the obvious thing, mr. keillor, is to ask you about a prairie home companion, but i wanna talk about the writer's almanac first. >> i've heard of that. >> you have? you've been associated with it for. >> it's a little tiny five-minute. >> quite wonderful. >> .show. i think it's probably one of the few five-minute shows in -- in radio. >> but that's one of the great things about technology. we get it now for five minutes on the radio. we get it in a podcast; that's where i listen to it. >> i had no idea. >> get it on the computer. >> really? >> and i was listening to it just this morning in fact. >> hmm. >> and you wished a happy birthday to john irving and to dr. seuss. >> mm-hm. >> .and to tom wolfe, told stories ab

all of it, of course, was created by minnesota's own garrison keillor.recently, the newshour's jeffrey brown visited with him where it all began ♪ it's saturday and the band is playing ♪ honey, could we ask for more... ♪ >> reporter: from the beginning, it's been an old-fashioned variety show, loved for its music skits. >> well, it's been a quiet week in lake wobegon, minnesota. >> reporter: and, most of all, the story-telling of garrison keillor. >> the 4th of july best pie in town contest was won by marlene, the church secretary at lake wobegon lutheran church. >> reporter: keillor's famous tales of life in lake wobegon, his fictional minnesota town, have captivated listeners by the millions. and his work, including writings and recordings, have earned him a national humanities medal, a grammy and a peabody. >> that's the news from lake wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. this is where we want to do "a prairie home companion." >> reporter: at st. paul's fitzgerald theater, home

he's garrison keillor. this is overheard.

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. >> and also from the world of public television, and public radio, garrison keillor. >> i worked for myself, which is a good idea, and i worked with these wonderful people, and industry all of these listeners, i don't know exactly how many, but when i walked down the street and people look at me and recognize me, they smile. and that is all -- that is really all you need in the world. >> rose: downtown abbey and garrison keillor. >> funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. additional funding provided by these funders. and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia services worldwide. >> from our captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: british period dramas have long held a special fascination for american television audiences, upstairs, downstairs, pride and prejudice have been released to widespread attention and praise, downton abbey anybody the most successful and the latest, oscar-winning prize winner julian fellows already won six emmys and legions on fans on both sides of the pond. it is back on pb

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well garrison keillor is a storyteller, author, humorist and radio personality. he's best known as the voice on the radio program he created 40 years ago. a prairie home companion is now heard by more than 4 million listeners each week. the program as we know is set in lake woe begin, a fictional town in minnesota. this is the place where children are above average, men are good looking, and women are strong. as a humorist, keeler is often compared with mark twain and will rogers. like mr. rogers, keillor has made multiple visits here to the national press club. he spoke here in 1986, 1987, and he spoke again in 1949. after 21 years, we are so glad that he's back again and clearly he was waiting until minnesotans were more in charge of the place before he was going to come back. keillor is in the nation's capital for performances at wolf trap today and tomorrow, and this summer he hits the road for a prairie home companion's america the beautiful. this is a tour of 30 cities in 36 days. his latest book, the keillor reader, just came out in soft cover and on july

.>>> garrison keillor was also fire today at the claims of misconduct were made against him. the two broadcasters of the latest in a string of high- powered men to phase allegations.>> reporter: matt lauer asked from nbc hours after his alleged victim told her story of inappropriate behavior that's phase of the 2014 olympics.>> we are devastated.>> reporter: nbc news president said we received the detail complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. this was the first complaint against him. there was reason to believe it was not an isolated incident.>> he was the face of nbc news.>> reporter: public radio icon garrison keillor says he was also fired wednesday by minnesota public radio for what they called allegations of improper behavior. the former host of a prairie home companion claims he was fired because he put his hands on a woman's bareback while trying to console her. he said he apologized. they remained friendly into her lawyer call.>>> earlier we spoke with christine pelosi about this issue. an advocate for work -- wo

coming up on the newshour: more on nbc's matt lauer and public radio's garrison keillor firings overual misconduct. and, "america addicted." a doctor's personal loss to opioids. but first, the supreme court heard arguments today in a major case at the intersection of new technology, the constitution and privacy rights. for that, john yang has more. >> yang: judy, the case centers around something most of us probably have within reach right now-- a smartphone. and it has the potential to transform privacy law in the digital age. we're joined by marcia coyle, the chief washington correspondent for the "national law journal," who was at the court for today's oral arguments. thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> yang: this case is carpenter vs. united states. >> timothy carpenter was arrested back in 2011 and convicted for a string of robberies of radio shacks and some other electronic stores in the detroit area. at trial, the government, the prosecution introduced what is called cell phone site location data that it had received from the -- from carpenter's cell phone companies and t

plus the rest of the cast of "a prairie home tradition." >>> garrison keillor is the >>> garrison him inside his magical program. >> reporter: humorous, novelist radio show host, for nearly 60 years garrison keillor has been letting america in on his view of the world. the success, he says, is driven by a never ending need to be better. >> it's "a prairie home companion" a live broadcast. >> reporter: each saturday night some 4 million listeners tune in to "a prairie home companion." >> guy noir pryivate eye. >> reporter: part music, part story telling, it's a homespun wholesome variety show in its 40th year. ♪ how could i dance with another ♪ >> reporter: and it all comes from the ever turning mind of minnesota's favorite son garrison keillor. how is it that you have managed to be such a tremendous success with something that people thought was a ted medium? >> people love to be spoken to. it's the basis of friendship i think, is the voice of one other person carrying on a conversation. there's a guy going by on a bicycle. >> reporter: newman is the show's human sound effects mac

it's founding in 1974, of course, "prairie home companion" has been synonymous with one man: garrison keillorted it, wrote it, embodied it with a sense of the people and place he knew in his bones. >> that's the news from lake wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking. >> brown: two years ago on this very stage, keillor told me of the magic of radio and storytelling. >> i think there's-- there's a lot of power in listening to one person talking to you. and-- and this should never be underestimated. >> brown: it was keillor who hand-picked his successor, one who'd been performing on the show since age 15 and had listened to it even earlier. >> some of my earliest memories are of hearing garrison keillor's voice in our living room, at a point when i couldn't even tell the difference between his voice and my father's voice. like an authoritative paternal sound coming from the radio. >> brown: thile, who grew up in southern california, was a child prodigy on the mandolin, with groups like nickel creek, and the punch brothers, he grew into a leader of a new generation o

people, feel safe and respected. >> as we just mentioned, former prairie home companion host garrison keillor was also fired today by minnesota public radio. a woman claims inappropriate behavior, but the network would not elaborate. keillor said he inadvertently put his hand on her bare back in an attempt to console her. keillor said he apologized right away after she recoiled. he said he apologized and was forgiven by the woman in later e-mails. keillor retired from the show last year but worked with npr on other projects. over at warner brothers andrew krisberg lost his job. he is also a writer and producer for arrow and has not commented since being fired. >>> meantime in washington the host approving a bipartisan measure requiring lawmakers and staff to take annual anti- harassment training. the senate has already approved a similar measure. casing a home. >>> right now sheriff's deputies have a neighborhood in millbrae surrounded looking for three burglary suspects who were casing a home. they were caught on a woman's home security camera. now it's happening in a neighborhood along hill

hosted on public radio for some 40 years. >> i've been listening to garrison keillor since 1985racters. >> guy lawar, private eye. >> reporter: of the show's imaginary sponsor. >> this first hour is brought to you by powder milk biscuits. >> reporter: and of nostalgic tas fous lake wobegon. at its peak, a prairie home companion reached more than four million listeners on more than 700 public radio stations. ♪ i went into radio, started out the show long years ago ♪ >> reporter: keillor retired from the radio show in 2016. it is a comfort to become a tourist in old age and enjoy my ir relevance, he wrote in his recent book: "serenity the 70." >> it is a great age because you lose your ambition, but you still love your work. this is such a blessing. >> reporter: keillor has never stopped writing. in his latest lake wobegon book, "boomtwn," the author returns to the community he invented. >> the people who live there correct me on the details. why did you take such a sunny view of life in lake wobegon. you left out adultery and drunkenness and alcoholism. >> reporter: how do you ta

about the end of an era. ♪ hear that old piano come down the avenue ♪ >> reporter: garrison keillora wizard who, for 42 years, has summoned us to set aside our woes and listen to a radio show. >> it's been a quiet week in lake woebogon, minnesota, my home town. >> reporter: we reality suspended we have hummed along to old songs. ♪ and hung on every word of radio dramas. >> private eye. >> this is the secret really is to go into a line of work that died a long time ago. >> reporter: his fans are legion. when you think about him not being on the radio anymore -- >> oh, i know. i know. i don't know. who can replace him? >> reporter: last saturday they stood in line for hours to get to see and hear him at tanglewood in the berkshires. his final show is set for this saturday. >> i'm sad that he's not going to be on it anymore. >> reporter: do you know how much you're appreciated? >> it comes as a surprise. it really is. i mean, it's very sweet. it's very sweet. ♪ >> reporter: 42 years is a heck of a run. >> i sat at the typewriter and i went tap, tap, tap. and it was the beginning of a c

laugh live it's all very confusing because you look at a guy like garrison keillor and you think, thiss a man who could have any woman he wants rfsh. [ laughter ] quite a day r. garrison keillor, matt lauer, i'm hearing, don't quote me on this, inside information, there's talk young sheldon might be next. [ audience groaning ] meanwhile north korea launched another missile yesterday. that apparently now they can reach every part of the mainland of the united states. which is scary, of course. and i know it sounds terrible, but speaking for those of us who live here on the west coast, there's something comforting about the fact that it's not just us who have to worry about this anymore. [ laughter ] now we're all in it together. congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] fortunately, the good news, if there is any, is both of our leaders, ours and north korea's, are reasonable men -- [ laughter ] who i'm sure will bring this to a peaceful resolution soon. this really, i think this sums up who our president is. these tweets came within one hour of each other. okay? first, so now that matt

garrison keillor signing off for the last time. air tonight but it will not be live as it usually is. >> on friday garrison and the cast of "prairie home companion" taped the show at the legendary hollywood bowl. nbc's harry smith takes a look back at garrison keillor's remarkable legacy. >> reporter: last night at the hollywood bowl garrison keillor took the stage for the last time as the host of the "prairie home companion." the show was recorded and will air tonight. ♪ that old pea iano from down t avenue ♪ >> reporter: garrison keillor is a wizard who for 42 years has sum onned us to set aside our woes and listen to a radio show. >> it's been a quiet week in my hometown. >> reporter: we have hummed along to old songs. ♪ this old house here by the road ♪ >> reporter: and hung on every word of radio dramas. >> the secret really is to go into a line of work that died a long time ago. >> reporter: his fans are legion. >> when you think about him not being on the radio anymore. >> oh, i know. i know. i don't know. who can replace hi

i talked about the recent firings of matt lauer, charlie rose, and garrison keillor to a company calledkantola training solutions. they make sexual misconduct training videos for companies to train their employees on. you can see their videos on the right side of your screen. how far is too far can be a hazy question because everyone is different and things are taken differently in the workplace. they believe we've seen a large wave of victims coming forward after seeing others come forward. we saw another wave with some similarities to this in the 1990's. as to watching yourself in the workplacewe also spoke with an attorney about some of these topics. you'll hear more about what she feels still needs to be changedthat' s tonight at 10. (j.r.)i didthey said what is sexual harassment to one person may be a funny joke to another. it's all about knowing whether your behavior is welcome or not. i talked about the recent firings of matt lauer, charlie rose, and garrison keillor to a company called kantola training solutions. they make sexual misconduct training videos for companies to train

he was a fixture of the franchise. >> reporter: public radio icon garrison keillor says he was also firedednesday by minnesota public radio for what the network called allegations of improper behavior. keillor, the former host of of "a prairie home companion" claims he was fired because he put his on a woman's bareback while trying to cons

garrison keillor: born in augusta, maine, dorianne laux worked as a cook, a gas station manager, a maid and a doughnut holer before receiving a b.a. in english. the author of four books of poems, she now lives with her husband, poet joseph millar, in raleigh, north carolina, where she teaches at north carolina state university. her book facts about the moon was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. "dust." someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth. just a few words, but i recognized it. i knew i should make myself get up, write it down, but it was late, and i was exhausted from working all day in the garden, moving rocks. now, i remember only the flavor-- not like food, sweet or sharp. more like a fine powder, like dust. and i wasn't elated or frightened, but simply rapt, aware. that's how it is sometimes-- god comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it. (applause) >>> hello there. welcome to "newsline." it's thursday, september 11th. i'm catherine kobiyashi in tokyo. >>> u.s. president obama is preparing to lay

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> garrison keillor: maxine kumin lives on a farm in new hampshirere she breeds arabian and quarter horses, writing poetry, four novels, more than 20 children's books. she says, "i don't want to write poems that aren't necessary. i want to write poems that matter." >> this is a little one called after love. afterward, the compromise. bodies resume their boundaries. these legs, for instance, mine. your arms take you back in. spoons of our fingers, lips admit their ownership. the bedding yawns, a door blows aimlessly ajar and overhead, a plane singsongs coming down. nothing is changed, except there was a moment when the wolf, the mongering wolf who stands outside the self lay lightly down, and slept. ( applause ) thank you. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, there. welcome to "newsline." it's thursday, october 23rd. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> police and military officials in canada's capital are on alert after brazen shootings at the parliament buildings. an armed attacker shot and killed a canadian soldier before he was also s

. >> osgood: that's fred newman mouthing off with garrison keillor on "a prairie home companion."ewman is a man with a thousand voices and a million sounds. he shares a few of them with our jane pauley. >> ♪ i hear that old piano >> for more than 40 years a prairie home companion has been saturday night ritual for millions gather around the radio. >> as they danced the night away -- >> it's an old-fashioned variety show p. by a family of troubadour. >> here we are in lennox, massachusetts. >> fred newman is the maestro of sound. >> i'm going to do a chiropractic move for you. okay? >> remember -- it's radio. >> hey, jane. >> what fred newman actually does for a living is hard to say. >> that was the thing that drove my mother crazy. she just needed something at bridge club. what does your son do? boom. >> i'm really doing what i used to do behind teachers' backs and getting paid for it. >> this thing where you run in place and -- >> fred has harnessed his weirdness. nobody else could do dolphins as fred can. >> i see. dolphins doing the gettysburg address. >> nobody else in radio

garrison keillor, fired from minnesota public radio. the former host of a prairie home companion claims his firing stems from an incident when he touched a woman's bare back while trying to console her. he says he immediately apologized and thought she had forgiven him. developing now in the district-- a 7 on your side i-team investigation. students... getting a diploma - while missing months of class. now we are hearing more from the whistleblower behind the investigation... and the school's response to her claims. nathan baca has more. following our investigation-- mayor muriel assuring parents that district officials are doing everything they can to fix this situation. we set up a hotline for parents to call us with any issues happening in their children's schools. you can find that number - and all our reporting on the ballou investigation abc-7 news app. happening today-- the destructive 20-17 atlantic hurricane season finally comes to an end. there were seventeen named storms this year... 10 of which became hurricanes. among them

and garrison keillor also fired over allegations of improper conduct. that came out today. compare what's happening in the media and entertainment industry to what's not happening right here in washington and in politics as a whole. roy moore is still running. in fact, the president is backing him now. john conyers, still serving. in fact, nancy pelosi defended him when she was on "meet the press." she since walked some of her defense back. and al franken is back at work. the house today pass add bill requiring anti-sexual harassment training for members and staff. democratic leaders say there's a zero tolerance policy -- what's thee the zero? they aren't calling for conyers to resign despite multiple staffers claiming misconduct. which conyers denies. regardless what's going on in hollywood and in our world of the media. >> why are you calling for his resignation? if you want to be the gold standard? >> calling for the resignation of someone does not actually create the nomination. >> i can't sit and judge a member and call for their resignation unless there -- unless i've

kennedy: and garrison keillor today. it's a mix of people. it's critical to the success of nbc to the news department and the survival and thriving of the broadcast network. what does the departure of matt lauer marine? >> it's a big blow to nbc. matt lauer has bent face of nbc since the 90s. he does the olympics. he does thanksgiving day, where in the world is matt lauer. you can't underestimate how big a player he has been. we are in a weird situation where we don't know the details. we know it started with this woman at the 2014 winter olympics. if nbc was willing to let go of such an important player and fired him almost immediately, they must have taken these allegations seriously. kennedy: there is no due process now. you are seeing these organizations act more swiftly than they might have in the past. how much more important is it for a network morning show to survive than someplace like fox news where people thought if roger ailes and bill o'reilly were extracted from this organization it would crumble and that's not been the case. wh

garrison. keillorress he was fired. >> we've seen this sexual harassment tipping point in america. today it's coming home in a big way because matt lauer and garrison keillor are beloved figures on radio and television. keillor has been fired by minnesota public radio in the midst of sexual harassment allegations. the details are a bit murky. we're going to find out more in the coming days. >> all right. brian stelter, thank you so much. >>> would the women making allegations against lauer come forward if gretchen carlson hadn't come out first? hey, man. oh! nice man cave! nacho? [ train whistle blows ] what?! -stop it! -mm-hmm. we've been saving a lot of money ever since we switched to progressive. this bar is legit. and now we get an even bigger discount from bundling home and auto. i can get used to this. it might take a minute. -swing and a miss! -slam dunk! touchdown! together: sports! what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful considerati

garrison keillor hosted his show before ending last year. he went on to another kind kated show. in an interesting twist, garrison keillor's firing came a day after he wrote an op-ed defending al franken. the headline "al franken should resign? that's absurd." the firings today are the latest in a long string of prominent people answering for sexual harassment and sexual assault. first, roger ailes and bill o'reilly of fox news. "new york times" expose on harvey weinstein. at cbs, accusations that led to the end for charlie rose. this is all exploded with the so-called me 2 movement which encourages woman to come forward with their own stories of harassment. rick leventhal has more. hello, rick. >> the firing of matt lauer may have been a shock to colleagues, but not to reporters at the "new york times" and variety who said they were working an poses on lauer. andy lack said that the complaint monday to h.r. by a female nbc employee was the first lodged against lauer since he started out at the peacock network two decades ago. the complaint was detailed and was a clear violation

i was inspired by garrison keillor. i just said i've got to write this up. it's a long essay. it's pretty funny, actually. i mean, a lot of what happened was just hilarious and unplanned. >> host: your whole life you're not necessarily just an author, you've got some other -- >> guest: yeah. actually now i'm a tv host. i'm hosting a show that airs every sunday morning. it's called "100 huntley," across the country, most markets on sunday mornings, half hour show. it's just a tv morning show. it deals mainly with faith issues. not exclusively. i mean, it's just a morning show for sunday mornings, but as i said, it's called "$100 -- 100 huntley." we're making a movie of my bonn how deny bonhoeffer look right now. what -- book right now. what a great life. it needs to be celebrated, it needs to be known. people are so inspired by his story, and that's the success of my book. it's not my writing, it's -- he lived this life, and it's touching people. and so if we could make a movie out of it, we're in the process of doing that, and it's happening actually. should be out next year.

. >> garrison keillor: maxine kumin lives on a farm in new hampshire where she breeds arabian and quarterorses writing poetry, four novels, more than 20 children's books. she says, "i don't want to write poems that aren't necessary. i want to write poems that matter." >> this is a little one called after love. afterward, the compromise. bodies resume their boundaries. these legs, for instance, mine. your arms take you back in. spoons of our fingers, lips admit their ownership. the bedding yawns, a door blows aimlessly ajar and overhead, a plane singsongs coming down. nothing is changed, except there was a moment when the wolf, the mongering wolf who stands outside the self lay lightly down, and slept. ( applause ) thank you. >>> this week on "moyers & company" -- >> we in america have a higher opinion of ourselves than maybe we deserve. we've always believed that we're democrats. we're fundamentally egalitarian. but i see that egalitarian impulse disappearing. i see it either being numbed or actually snuffed out. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- anne gumowitz, encouraging the renew